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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS (Marks: 10)
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Category of Post: School Assistant - Physical Sciences
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1. DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD
- Development, Growth & Maturation Concept & Nature
- Principles of development
- Factors influencing Development Biological, Psychological, Sociological
- Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional,
Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Child hood, Adolescence.
- Understanding Development Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers
- Individual differences Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude,
Interest, Habits, Intelligence and their Assessment
- Development of Personality Concept, Factors effecting development of Personality
- Adjustment, Behavioural problems, Mental Health
- Methods and Approaches of Child Development Observation, Interview, Case study,
Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal
- Developmental tasks and Hazards
2. UNDERSTANDING LEARNING
- Concept, Nature of Learning input process outcome
- Factors of Learning Personal and Environmental
- Approaches to Learning and their applicabilityBehaviourism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike),
Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky), Gestalt(Kohler, Koffka) and Observational (Bandura)
- Dimensions of Learning Cognitive, Affective and Performance
- Motivation and Sustenance its role in learning.
- Memory & Forgetting
- Transfer of Learning
3. PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS
- Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner
- Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context
- Children from diverse contextsChildren With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive
Education
- Understanding of pedagogic methods Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey,
Observation and Activity based learning
- Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning
in class room like Study habits, Self learning and Learning to learn skills
- Organizing learning in heterogeneous class room groups Socio-economic background, Abilities
and Interest
- Paradigms of organizing Learning-Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric
- Teaching as Planned activity Elements of Planning
- Phases of Teaching Pre active, Interactive and Post active
- General and Subject related skills, competencies required in teaching and attributes of good
facilitator
- Learning resources Self, Home, School, Community, Technology
- Class room Management: Role of student, teacher, Leadership style of teacher, Creation of nonthreatening learning environment, Managing behaviour problems, Guidance & Counselling,
Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management.
- Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning, School based
Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation : Perspective & Practice
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Part IV
Language II (English) (Content and Methodology) (Marks: 30)
Content
(1) Parts of Speech (2) Tenses (3) Active voice & Passive voice (4) Prepositions and Articles
(5) Degrees of comparison (6) Clauses (7) Verbs Main Verbs Auxiliary Verbs (8) Adverbs
Types of Adverbs (9) Conjunction coordinating conjunction subordinating conjunction. (10)
Direct and Indirect speech (11) Questions and question tags (12) Types of sentences simple,
compound and complex synthesis of sentences (13) Phrases uses of phrases. (14) Composition
letter writing prcis writing (15) Comprehension (16) Vocabulary Antonyms, Synonyms and
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1. Aspects of English:- (a) English language History, nature, importance, principles of
English as second language. (b) Problems of teaching / learning English.
2. Objectives of teaching English.
3. Phonetics / Transcription.
4. Development of Language skills:- (a) Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing (LSRW). (b)
Communicative skills Imparting values through Communication.
5. Approaches, Methods, Techniques of teaching English:- (a) Introduction, definition &
types of Approaches, Methods &Techniques of teaching English (b) Remedial teaching.
6. Teaching of structures and vocabulary.
7. Teaching learning materials in English.
8. Lesson Planning.
9. Curriculum & Textbooks Importance and its need.
10. Evaluation in English language.
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MEASUREMENT, UNITS AND DIMENSIONS: Systems of Measurement,
Units of Measurements, Measurement of Length, Triangulation Method,
Measuring Instruments, Vernier calipers, Screw Gauge Measurement of
Area, Volume, Time, Measurement of Mass and Density, Measuring
instruments. Units and Dimensions Fundamental and derived physical
quantities, Systems of units, Multiples and submultiples of SI units.
Dimensions Dimensional formulae and dimensional equations, dimensional
constants and dimensionless quantities, principle of homogeneity of
dimensions. Application of dimensional method of analysis. Conversion of
one system of units into another, derivation of relationship between different
physical quantities.
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NATURAL RESOURCES AIR AND WATER: Air, Composition of air,
Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure,
Air Pollution, Volumetric
Composition of Water, Hardness of Water, Drinking Water and Supply Water
Pollution, Cyclone, Pascals Law, Archimedes Principle, Boyles Law,
Bernoullis Principle, Wind, Rainfall.
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OUR UNIVERSE: Constellations, Zodiac, Solar System, Stars, Meteors and
Comets, Light year, Life on the Planet Earth.
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NATURAL PHENOMENA
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Light - Sources & Nature of Light, Propagation of Light, Reflection,
Refraction, Laws of Reflection, Image formed by Plane Mirror, Reflection on
Spherical Mirrors, Refraction of Light through Prism and lenses (convex,
concave), camera and the human eye, Refractive index of material of prism,
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critical angle, Total Internal Reflection Relation between Critical angle and
Refractive Index, application of total internal reflection to Optical fibers.
visual photometry, LASERS. Newtons Corpuscular Theory, Huygens Wave
Theory, Electromagnetic spectrum. Huygens Explanation of Reflection,
Refraction, interference and diffraction of plane waves at a plane surface,
Optical Instruments-Microscope, Telescope, Formula for magnification of
microscope, Astronomical and Terrestrial Telescopes.
B. Sound-Wave motion :Wave Motion, Longitudinal and transverse waves,
Equation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves,
reflection of waves, Formation of waves on stretched string. Sound Propagation of sound, Musical Instruments, Velocity of Sound in Gases,
Solids & Liquids, Progressive & stationary waves, Characteristics of sound.
Forced Vibrations, Natural Vibrations Resonance with examples, standing
waves in Organ Pipes, Open Pipes, Closed Pipes. Sound Reflection, Echoes,
Absorption of sound waves, Reverberation Reverberation Time.
Fundamentals of building Acoustics, Sound Pollution.
C. Heat - Sources of Heat, Transmission of Heat, Heat and Temperature its
Units, Measurement of Temperature, Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales,
Different types of thermometers, Effects of Heat Expansion of solids, liquids,
gaseus, Change of state, Calorimetry specific heat of solids and liquids,
calorific values of fuels, latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization,
Change of density with temperature, Examples in daily life. Expansion of
liquids-coefficients of real and apparent expansion of liquids. Determination
of coefficient of apparent expansion of liquid by specific gravity bottle
method. Anomalous expansion of water, its significance in nature.
Expansion of Gases-Volume and pressure coefficients of gases. Kelvin scale
of temperature, Boyles and Charles laws. Ideal gas equation. Heat capacity,
specific heat, experimental determination of specific heat by method of
mixtures. Specific heat of gas (Cp and Cv), External work done by a gas
during its expansion. Relation between Cp and Cv (derivation) Latent heat,
Determination of latent heat of vaporization of water.
KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS
Kinematics: Motion-Types of Motion, Speed, Velocity, Velocity-time and
position-time graphs, Scalars and Vectors, laws of addition of vectors,
subtraction of vectors. Acceleration, Newtons
laws of Motion, Newtons
Universal Gravitation, Centre of Gravity, Stability, Applications, Equations of
Motion, Motion of a body under gravity Acceleration due to Gravity g,
Equations of Motion for a Freely falling body, Equations of Motion for a body
thrown upwards. Equations, applications and problems. DYNAMICS - Work,
Power, Energy, Conservation of Energy and Transformation of Energy,
Renewable and Non-Renewable sources of Energy, Impulse, Law of
conservation of linear momentum, Potential Energy (PE), Kinetic Energy
(KE). Relation between KE and Linear momentum. Circular Motion, uniform
circular motion, angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular
acceleration, relationship between linear velocity and angular velocity,
centripetal and centrifugal force, torque, couple, vector representation of
torques, Banking of Roads & Rail Tracks, Simple Harmonic Motion, Simple
Pendulum, Law of conservation of energy in case of a simple pendulum.
Elasticity - Elasticity and plasticity, stress and strain, Hookes law, Moduli of
elasticity. Fluid Mechanics Laws of Floatation, Principle of Buoyancy,
pressure in a fluid. Stream line flow Bernoullis theorem and its
applications. Simple Machines and Moments Moment of a Force, Wheel and
Axle, Screw Jack, Gears, Friction, Causes of friction, advantages of friction,
disadvantages of friction, methods of reducing friction.
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Methodology
1. The Nature of Science: Nature and scope of science, Science, ideology and
Society, Structure of Science (a) Substantive structure Empirical
knowledge, Theoretical Knowledge (Facts, Concepts, hypothesis, theory,
Principle Law), (b)Syntactic Structure of Science Scientific inquiry,
Processes of Science, Attitudes of inquiry
2. The History and Development of Science: A brief introduction to oriental and
western science, Contribution of the following Scientists in the Development
of Science: Aryabhatta, BhaskaraCharya, Aristotle, Copernicus, Newton,
Einstein, C.V.Raman, Various organizations working for the development of
science in India
3. Aims and Values of teaching Physical Sciences: Aims of teaching Physical
Sciences, Values of teaching Physical Science, Correlation of Physics and
Chemistry with other subjects
4. Objectives of teaching Physical Sciences: Meaning and importance of
objectives, Blooms Taxonomy of Educational objectives, Specific /
Behavioral objectives / (Instructional objectives), Critique on Blooms
Taxonomy
5. Approaches and Methods of teaching Physical Sciences: Inductive and
Deductive Approaches, Micro Teaching, Team Teaching, Lecture Method,
Lecture cum Demonstration Method, Historical Method, Heuristic Method,
Project Method, Laboratory method, Problem Solving Method, Scientific
Method, Multimedia Approach in Teaching Learning process, Programmed
Learning, CAI and CAL
6. Planning for effective instruction in Science: Year Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson
Plan, Learning experience, characteristics, classification, source and
relevance.
7. Teaching Learning Material (TLM): Characteristics and Importance of TLM,
Classification and Types of TLM, Hardware and Software in TLM, TLMPrinciples to be followed, Edgar Dales cone of learning experience.
8. Science laboratories: Importance of Practical work in science, Planning of
Science laboratories, Procurement, care and maintenance of laboratory
equipment, Registers, Management of safety and science kits, Development
of improvised Apparatus.
9. Physical Science Curriculum: Principles of Curriculum Construction, Defects
in the existing school science curriculum, Qualities of a good Science Text
Book.
10. Non-formal Science Education: Science Clubs, Science Fairs purposes,
levels, organization, advantages, Science Library, Role of NGOs and State in
popularizing Science
11. Evaluation: Concept and Process of Evaluation, Tools of Evaluation,
Preparation of Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT), Analysis and
interpretation of Scores
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1. Biology: Its importance in everyday life, contribution of scientists, different branches.
2. Living World Characteristics: Classification of Plants and Animals and their characteristics.
a) Cell: Concept, Cell theory, differences between Plant cell and Animal cell, Cell division.
b) Tissues Animal tissues.
3. Plant World Types of plants: Parts of a plant their functions
Reproduction Asexual, Sexual, Vegetative propagation, Nutrition, Photosynthesis, Excretion,
Respiration
Economic importance of Plants, Agriculture, Crop diseases & pest control measure.
4. Animal World: Organ systems and their functions including man
Digestive system, Respiratory system, Circulatory system, Excretory system, Nervous system,
Reproductive system, Sense organs in man, Nutrition
Deficiency diseases in man, First Aid
Economic importance of Animals, Animal husbandry, Pisciculture, Sericulture.
5. Microbes: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoan
useful and harmful, microbial diseases in plants & animals
6. Our Environment: Biotic & Abiotic factors, Natural resources
7. Recent trends in Biology: -Hybridization, Genetic engineering, Gene banks, Gene therapy,Tissue
culture
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1. Definition, Nature, Structure and History of Science
2. Aims, Values and Instructional Objectives of teaching Science
3. Method of Teaching Science
4. Instructional Material in Teaching Science TLM in Science.
5. Instructional Planning
6. Science Laboratory
7. Science Teacher - Changing Roles
8. Science Curriculum and its transaction
9. Science Textbook.
10. Evaluation CCE - Designing, Administration, Analysis, Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)
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